 An ICRC team went to Idlib at the end of December and it was our first visit since six months. It took us still nine hours and a half from Damascus to reach Idlib City, whereas in normal situations it would take us less than four hours. The road was completely deserted and on the road we saw two to three villages which were empty of inhabitants, houses were destroyed. We visited the hospital of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. Now there are only two hospitals functioning in Idlib City, out of nine who were functioning before the conflict. The volunteers of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the personnel of the hospital, the health personnel told us there is no electricity and no water since 12 days. Some equipment also were damaged because of the fighting and they lack a lot of medicines for chronic diseases, especially for children, and they requested also medical material. The number of the displaced population has tripled, if not more, in Idlib City. The majority of the displaced population is hosted by relatives, some family members, friends, and others are sheltered in schools and public buildings who lack the basic installations and sanitation. Definitely with what we saw, the acute needs of the population in Idlib City and knowing that there are even further needs in several rural areas of Idlib Governorate, definitely the ICRC needs to go back and to provide assistance to all those in need.